Weekly Thoughts

My last haircut was towards the beginning of January.  Normally, I would have said that my next cut would be at the end of March / beginning...

To close or not to close…that was the question plaguing me all week long.   As President of our synagogue, I looked towards President Tru...

In Harlan Ellison’s short story, “Crackpots”, he asks the underlying question – who really are the madmen and who runs the asylum?   It w...

It is time for a transition.   To modify the phase from the movie “Risky Business,” “Transition happens.”   The Oxford dictionary define...

Thanksgiving.   A time to be thankful.   A time to show gratitude.   A time of festive indulgence.   This is the one time of the year whe...

Have you ever explained something and the person you were talking with had the blank deer in the head lights look?   How about the deafen...

I procrastinated!   My father was great at pointing out when I procrastinated while growing up.   I am sure there were other adjective...

I have been wearing glasses for about 45 years.   Without them, while I can “see,” the world is blurry and reading is extremely difficult...

For the first time in six years, our house is officially home to both of our children.   Our status as empty nesters is temporarily on ho...

How often do you wake up feeling like you have the weight of the world upon your shoulders?   I do not mean that the entire universe is ...